Salinas climate

Salinas Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Salinas, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 30°C on January 1 to 30°C on January 31, and lows from 19°C to 19°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 121 mm over about 16 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Salinas, in °C, with the record for each date.10152025303540151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
30°C
Average low
19°C
Precipitation
121 mm
Reanalysis high
38°CJan 18, 1995
Reanalysis low
14°CJan 3, 1993
Daylight
13 h 04 min to 12 h 49 min
Cloud cover
66%
Humidity
73%
Dew point
18°C
Wind
11.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 130°C19°C38°C 201615°C 199152%
Jan 230°C19°C37°C 201616°C 199352%
Jan 330°C19°C38°C 199814°C 199351%
Jan 430°C19°C38°C 199815°C 200851%
Jan 530°C19°C35°C 200816°C 200851%
Jan 630°C19°C37°C 199816°C 199651%
Jan 730°C19°C36°C 201315°C 201452%
Jan 830°C19°C35°C 201317°C 199752%
Jan 930°C19°C36°C 201716°C 201152%
Jan 1030°C19°C37°C 201717°C 199351%
Jan 1130°C19°C37°C 201716°C 200049%
Jan 1230°C19°C37°C 202017°C 200049%
Jan 1330°C19°C37°C 202016°C 199348%
Jan 1430°C19°C37°C 202016°C 200648%
Jan 1530°C19°C37°C 202016°C 200649%
Jan 1630°C19°C37°C 202015°C 200650%
Jan 1730°C19°C38°C 202016°C 201250%
Jan 1830°C19°C38°C 199516°C 200150%
Jan 1930°C19°C38°C 199516°C 201150%
Jan 2030°C19°C37°C 199516°C 201149%
Jan 2130°C19°C36°C 201516°C 199447%
Jan 2230°C19°C36°C 201517°C 199645%
Jan 2330°C19°C36°C 201916°C 199145%
Jan 2430°C19°C36°C 201016°C 200244%
Jan 2530°C19°C36°C 200615°C 199343%
Jan 2630°C19°C37°C 200615°C 199342%
Jan 2730°C19°C37°C 200615°C 199342%
Jan 2830°C19°C36°C 201015°C 199341%
Jan 2930°C19°C37°C 201016°C 199340%
Jan 3030°C19°C37°C 201517°C 200939%
Jan 3130°C19°C37°C 201515°C 199339%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Salinas, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-3).

January 1
sunrise 5:21 AM, sunset 6:25 PM
January 31
sunrise 5:38 AM, sunset 6:27 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.